Palynological analysis of faecal matter in African Forest Elephants Loxodonta cyclotis (Mammalia: Proboscidea: Elephantidae) at Omo Forest Reserve, Nigeria

Palynological analysis of faecal matter in African Forest Elephants Loxodonta cyclotis (Mammalia: Proboscidea: Elephantidae) at Omo Forest Reserve, Nigeria

The factors affecting African Forest Elephants include food availability, demand for ivory and changes in land-use. In order to survive, they tend to traverse considerable distances in search of food; on such occasions they are trapped and killed for their ivory. This present study is aimed at asse...

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Main Authors:	Okwong John Walter, Olusola Helen Adekanmbi, Omonu Clifford
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2019-08-01
Series:	Journal of Threatened Taxa
Subjects:	diet ivory palynomorph types pollen sampling southwestern nigeria vegetation
Online Access:	https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/4639

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